gift ideas

[aliasaid]

i'm not sure what to buy my bro for his 8th birthday tomorrow. i believe my mom is already buying him a game for gamecube.. so it might be kinda lame to get the same thing.. i can't really think of anything he would like.. he's mainly into video games.. he has a gamecube and gameboy advance (his ps2 and ps1 are dead)

i thought maybe a remote controlled car.... thats about it..

can you guys help me with gift ideas for an 8yr old dennis the menace? i'll prolly spend around $20-$40

thx.

 

[RockyZ]

buy him an airsoft springer http://www.hobbyasia.com/products.php?sid=2&seriesID=2

Thats what I played with when I was 8, look I turned out fine!

As for games, I don't know what is "in" right now in the gaming world, so I couldn't help you with that, sorry

 

[Eagleboy]

Scrabble. When he ****es you off, you can make him eat the tiles, and give him double-word score if he chokes momentarily on one. Triple word score if he has to go to the hospital.

Not only that, it'll get him away from the TV.

 

[Jorsoft]

My little brother is 8 and he likes to play the Sims, there are a few of those games for Gamecube. Otherwise any of the Mario titles; kids love racing, too.

 

[talldude123]

How about Yu-Gi-Oh cards or action figures? Are they still popular?


Or some cheap kids DVD's at Wal-Mart...

 

[Nukem]

LEGOS!!!!!!

 

[Waphlez]

LEGOs are the best, I still love them. I used to have them all the time, till my brother pawned them off. I say get him a nice lego kit, I got this really cool castle-ish set and it was great. The only problem is that to really make some cool custom stuff you need a lot of legos. But a simple kit will do fine, gives you all the peices and insturctions to build it.

Gets him off the games and use his mind for something other then Mario.

I love legos, but they are an expensive hobbie. I would have to start from scratch as I don't have any of them left. I just liked making quick flying contraptions when I was bored. There is just so many things to do with legos if you have the money for a bunch.

 

[talldude123]

I think Lego's are a fad though. They WERE good, as well as Pokemon cards and pog's.


Have you thought of getting a Gameboy accessory, like a screen magnifier or a light?

 

[Nukem]

Legos are a fad!?!? I'm 35 and I still sit and build stuff with them!!! even if the kid is not in the same room... but I guess I am just a mechanic at heart, cause now it's all about how much detail can I put into a project!

 

[iharthdarth]

Buy him a cheap lightsaber from Wal*Mart. That's what I played with when I was 8....although I'm not a boy, but I'm sure he'd like it just the same xD.